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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Andy Martin Manchester news conference asks: “Where’s Jeanne?” Andy says Jeanne Shaheen is “MIA” on “NSA”

New Hampshire Republican Party leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester news conference today, June 13th to criticize Jeanne Shaheen for being “missing in action, MIA” on “NSA.” “Where’s Jeanne?” Andy will demand while he stands in front of her office. “She has been in hiding. Barack Obama said last week he briefed every senator. I assume that means laggards such as Shaheen were briefed. So she was briefed. But she has said nothing and done nothing. Shaheen is a ‘do nothing’ senator who is totally over her head in the current national security debate. Career politicians such as Shaheen are often lost in the senate, were real policy is made. They are used to being told what to do, or doing nothing. New Hampshire’s voice is being cut by 50% in the great national security debate. It is time for Shaheen to retire and stop being a seat holder.”

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ATTENTION NATIONAL AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS



ANNOUNCEMENT OF MANCHESTER NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY



New Hampshire Republican leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Jeanne Shaheen is “MIA” 0n “NSA”



Andy says Shaheen says Shaheen should retire because she is not up to the job of being a U. S. Senator



(MANCHESTER, NH) (June 13, 2013) New Hampshire Republican leader and corruption fighter Andy Martin will hold a Manchester news conference today, June 13th to criticize Senator Jeanne Shaheen for being “missing in action” on the “National Security Agency” controversy (MIA on NSA).



“Jeanne is a career politician,” Andy says. “She wants to collect as many public pensions as she can, cash as many paychecks as she can, and enjoy a comfortable life doing as little as possible. The U. S. Senate is no place to retire. We are in the midst of a major national security controversy and Shaheen is MIA on NSA. Last week President Obama said he briefed Shaheen, but there is no word from Jeanne. She is acting as though nothing is amiss and all is well in Washington. You would never know from Shaheen’s silence that the NSA crisis even exists.



“With all due respect, Shaheen should go off to her comfortable, taxpayer-subsidized retirement and allow someone who can represent New Hampshire to speak on behalf of the state. Silence is not golden when Obama is spying on the American people and when Shaheen is doing nothing and saying nothing.



“No doubt Shaheen will say something today after yet another ‘briefing.’ But while Shaheen dithers, NSA continues to spy on every American. Obama is collecting a dossier on every citizen. Shaheen is silent because she is an Obama stooge. She is not a representative of the People of New Hampshire.”



June 13th Manchester News Conference Details:



Who:



New Hampshire Republican Party leader Andy Martin



What:



Andy Martin says Jeanne Shaheen is “missing in action” on the “National Security Agency” controversy



Where:



1589 Elm Street, Manchester, NH (sidewalk in front of Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s office)



When:



Thursday, June 13, 2013; 5:30 P.M.



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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Martin (603) 518-7310; CELL (917) 664-9329

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Shaheen is MIA on NSA



ABOUT ANDY:



Andy is a legendary New Hampshire, New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He has forty-five years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on New Hampshire, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the USA and around the world. For more, go to: www.AndyMartin.com



Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for over forty-five years and he is executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org



He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).



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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

U.S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will oppose Obama White House stooge Lisa Monaco for FBI director

New Hampshire Republican Party leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester, NH news conference today, May 29th, to announce he is going to lead opposition to Lisa Monaco as a possible FBI Director. “Lisa Monaco is an Obama stooge,” Andy says. “Giving Monaco the keys to the FBI would be turning the FBI over to Barack Obama. Monaco, moreover, has been in the forefront of Obama’s ‘war against the news media.’ She is the last person who should be directing the FBI. Monaco is apparently one of the architects of Obama’s ‘surrender’ on the war against terror; what a joker to have in control of our counterterror operations. I expect to lead a bipartisan coalition against Monaco’s appointment to lead the FBI. Every American should oppose Monaco for the FBI Director’s job.”
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ATTENTION NATIONAL AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS



ANNOUNCEMENT OF MANCHESTER NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, MAY 29TH



New Hampshire Republican leader and corruption fighter Andy Martin says he is organizing opposition to President Obama’s plan to appoint White House stooge Lisa Monaco to head the FBI



(MANCHESTER, NH) (May 25, 2013) New Hampshire Republican leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Manchester, NH news conference today, May 29th to announce he will lead opposition to the potential appointment of White House stooge Lisa Monaco to head the FBI.



“Handing the keys to the FBI to Lisa Monaco would be handing the keys to the FBI to Barack Obama,” Andy says. “Monaco is an adviser who has apparently ‘advised’ Obama to issue a surrender in the war against terror. How could she then lead the FBI in fighting terror?



“Monaco is a confidante of controversial White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, who claims to have concealed from Obama the existence of the IRS scandal. Can you imagine having lackey Ruemmler and stooge Monaco in control of our national security and political security? They might as well close down the FBI headquarters and move it into a closet in Ruemmler’s White House office.



“I expect that there will be bipartisan opposition to Monaco, and this is an opportunity for a bipartisan coalition to assemble to block Monaco’s appointment. In comments on the dailycos.com, a left-wing web site, Jesselyn Radack outlines how Monaco has been using the Espionage Act to target, among others, the media. So we could potentially have an FBI, and Obama, in control of investigating and prosecuting the media. Talk about a chill.”



Andy is an experienced Washington infighter who has opposed corruption and abuses for decades (andymartin.com). He became a candidate for the U. S. Senate from New Hampshire on May 27th.





May 29th Manchester News Conference Details:



Who:



New Hampshire Republican Party leader/U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin



What:



Andy Martin announces he will oppose Lisa Monaco for FBI Director



Where:



Manchester, NH; Northwest corner of Webster and Elm Streets, Manchester, NH 03104



When:



Wednesday, May 29, 2013; 6:00 P.M.



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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Martin (603) 518-7310; CELL (917) 664-9329

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LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):



Link #1



http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/

2013/04/fight_against_terror_takes_pal.html



Link #2



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/01/1198372/

-Three-FBI-Director-Candidates-Have-Leaky-Baggage



ABOUT ANDY:



Andy is a legendary New Hampshire, New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He has forty-five years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on New Hampshire, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the USA and around the world. For more, go to: www.AndyMartin.com



Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for over forty-five years and he is executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org



He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).



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Saturday, May 25, 2013

IRS scandals prompt Obama author Andy Martin to run for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire

New Hampshire Republican Party leader Andy Martin will formally announce Monday, May 27th, Memorial Day, that he is a Republican Party candidate to oppose the reelection of Senator Jeanne Shaheen. “For me, the IRS scandal was the last straw,” Andy says. “The Obama Administration and Jeanne Shaheen were using the IRS as a bludgeon to intimidate New Hampshire conservatives and Tea Party supporters. Shaheen campaigned as a ‘moderate’ and became an Obama radical as soon as she arrived in Washington. The last two years of Obama’s term are going to be the most negative in recent history. Obama is going to be a ‘wounded bull,’ desperate to sabotage the America we know and love before he leaves office. Obama has prematurely become a lame duck at the beginning of his second term - and that makes him dangerous. He will try to impose his vision of a statist and socialized republic on the American people. Shaheen has been one of Obama’s biggest enablers. She must be defeated.”
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New Hampshire Republicans

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you can call Andy:

(603) 518-7310



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you can write Andy at:

fax (866) 707-2639, or

816 Elm Street #251

Manchester, NH 03101-2105



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ATTENTION NATIONAL AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS



ANNOUNCEMENT OF MANCHESTER NEWS CONFERENCE MEMORIAL DAY



New Hampshire Republican leader and corruption fighter Andy Martin says Obama’s IRS scandals have prompted Andy to run for the U. S. Senate against Jeanne Shaheen



(MANCHESTER, NH) (May 25, 2013) New Hampshire Republican leader and corruption fighter Andy Martin will formally announce on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th in Manchester, NH that he is a candidate for the U. S. Senate against Jeanne Shaheen. Andy issued the following statement Saturday morning:



Dear New Hampshire Republican:



Jeanne Shaheen and Barack Obama have declared war on the American people. It was Jeanne Shaheen who sought to politicize the IRS and spy on her New Hampshire opponents by using the IRS as her proxy (please see link #1 below). Shaheen promoted herself as a “moderate Democrat" when she served as Governor of New Hampshire. But as soon as Jeanne arrived in Washington she adopted the radical agenda of her fellow traveler Barack Obama.



Shaheen and Obama created the climate where Fox News is the victim of harassment. Shaheen and Obama fostered the hostile conditions where Eric Holder could spy on the Associated Press. Shaheen is one of Barack Obamas biggest enablers. They are a pair of career politicians.



I. Introductory Remarks



Last Sunday I was speaking with my bishop at the celebration of Pentecost. He said, “You know, I was planning on slowing down, and then I was asked to submit my name for bishop.” He smiled. I know how the bishop feels.



Every one of us would like a slower pace, where we can spend more time with friends and family. For my part, I have a lot of writing projects that are sitting on the shelf. I love walking in the North Country. But as I have watched Barack Obama and Jeanne Shaheen try to dismantle the America we love, by imposing federalized medical care, watering down our national defense, and creating an economy with ten trillion dollars in debt that will swamp our children, I became increasingly concerned. Obama and Shaheen are attempting to replace local democracy with a regime of political correctness imposed from Washington.



The IRS scandal was the last straw.



Because of my long and successful experience investigating and challenging Obama I felt I should become a candidate in the New Hampshire Republican primary for U.S. Senate. I am a fighter who knows how to fight. And I have a proven record of exposing Obama and opposing Obama. Jeanne Shaheen and Barack Obama are one-and-the-same. Shaheen is an Obama enabler; she was a leader of his reelection campaign.



II. My qualifications for the U.S. Senate



A. My lifetime of commitment to public integrity and public service



My lifetime has been devoted to public integrity and public service. I began exposing corruption as a young law student. Unfortunately, I have found that exposing crooked public officials creates enemies, not friends. The bad guys are always better organized than their victims, ordinary citizens. Dishonest and greedy public officials usually try to retaliate. So I have more than my fair share of enemies. I earned them. Don't be surprised when you see attacks on me; expect them. From New Hampshire to Honolulu, from Florida to California to New York, Illinois and Washington, DC I have been a national expert in helping to expose corrupt public officials. (Please take a look at www.AndyMartin.com for a detailed biography.)



B. My family history in New Hampshire



For the past 80 years on Memorial Day my family has tried to be at Pine Grove cemetery in Manchester. My grandparents are buried there. This year the remembrance falls to me. My maternal grandparents arrived in Manchester from a small town, Tsaritsani, in Greece about 100 years ago. My mom was born in Manchester.



My Uncle Bill Vasiliou and my mom both graduated from the University of New Hampshire. My revered Uncle Lucian Marcoux was born in West Manchester and was an inspiration to me growing up. World War II scattered the family but we always retuned to Manchester for family celebrations. Today I live just around the corner from where I grew up playing as a little boy on Elm Street.



III. The 2014 U. S. Senate campaign in New Hampshire



A. Jeanne Shaheen in Washington is an Obama radical



Jeanne Shaheen fooled the people of New Hampshire. She campaigned as a moderate Democrat. Once she arrived in Washington, she flipped. Shaheen ran against “Big Oil.” Recently she collected money from the same “Big Oil” she had earlier opposed. She is totally two-faced. Jeanne hopes the People of New Hampshire will not notice what she is doing in with Obama in Washington. But the IRS scandal blew her cover.



“Link #1” (below) is a letter on the web site of one of the nation’s most liberal senators, Charles Schumer. Schumer, Shaheen and the comedian Al Franken among others sought to pressure the IRS into investigating conservative organizations. Why? Because along with other states New Hampshire is a center of Tea Party and conservative activism. Shaheen was seeking to intimidate her potential opponents back home in New Hampshire.



In the past, New Hampshire Republicans have not had much luck defeating Shaheen. She has gunned down her Republican opponents by pretending she is a moderate. But Shaheen has now been exposed as a Washington liberal. The fact remains there is a shortage of people who have the experience to confront and attack and defeat Shaheen. Shaheen will bite back; she will make running against her a nasty exercise.



I will keep my campaign on the high road and avoid attacks on Shaheen’s private life, while relentlessly attacking her public record in Washington. Shaheen will not intimidate me the way she has stared down other New Hampshire Republicans. We will fight a tough race.



B. My record with Obama



Nine years ago I wrote the first column exposing Obama as an imposter. My book (see below) collected a series of columns that predicted Obama would be a disaster. My exposé on Hannity’s America (please see Link #3 below) terrified Democrats. I was probably the first name on Obama’s many enemies’ lists. I know how to fight Obama, and I know what makes him tick. That’s why I have the special background to tackle Obama’s enabler in New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen.



C. What do I want to accomplish in the U. S. Senate?



First, I want to remove Shaheen from the senate. Second, I want to stop Barack Obama’s extreme agenda. The last two years of his term (2015-2017) Obama will be in a frenzy to impose his statist dreams on the American people. We need street-smart Republicans who know how to fight Obama.



Finally, it is not enough to have a “negative” agenda. A candidate must stand for positive issues. You can define my own platform in two words: opportunity and inclusion.



When my family immigrated to New Hampshire they were not poor. They were educated and prosperous. But they came to America for one word: opportunity. My grandfather eventually became an investor.



When I graduated from college, opportunity was still limitless.



Today young people have been shortchanged by both political parties. The economy is a mess. The job market is a disaster, especially for young people. The future is bleak. I will single-mindedly devote myself to creating the same kind of broadly-based economic opportunity that greeted my ancestors when they arrived in Manchester, and that greeted me when I graduated from college. Every American should have the opportunity to be included.



IV. What can you do?



As a writer I often use the figure of speech that I can “see over the horizon.” My experience allows me to anticipate the flow of events. How’s this for a prophesy? On April 20th I wrote (see Link #2 below):



New Hampshire Republican leader Andy Martin, one of America’s leading conservative authors/investigators, says Americans may find in retrospect that April 19th was “The Day the Obama Administration Died.” The first of a two-part series examines how and why the random bombing in Boston may derail the Obama’s Administration’s timetable and render the president a lame duck even before that was already scheduled to happen. Andy combines his political background, counterterrorism experience and knowledge of the Southern Caucasus (Chechnya) to write the first draft of the Obama Administration’s epitaph.



In other words, I almost perfectly called the beginning of the end for the Obama regime. At the same time that Obama’s White House counsel was being notified of the IRS scandal I perceived that circumstances were coming together that would effectively deflate Obama’s bubble. Obama will try to fight back, as he did on Thursday, but his administration is doomed to failure.



Those of us who believe in the real America - not Shaheen's and Obama's government-controlled America – have to start picking up the pieces. We need to rebuild our economy. We need to rebuild faith in the IRS, Department of Justice and other institutions. We need to rebuild mutual trust in the American people.



I need your help to defeat Jeanne Shaheen. Without your support, I can't succeed and Shaheen could be reelected.



Well, what are you waiting for?



Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee need help in the senate. I’m ready to go.



Please support my campaign; together we will remove Jeanne Shaheen from the U. S. Senate.



Sincerely,



Andy



May 27th Manchester News Conference Details:



Who:



New Hampshire Republican Party leader Andy Martin



What:



Andy Martin announces he will oppose Jeanne Shaheen for reelection



Where:



1589 Elm Street, Manchester, NH (sidewalk in front of Senator Shaheen’s office)



When:



Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013; 1:00 P.M.



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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Martin (603) 518-7310; CELL (917) 664-9329

E-MAIL: AndyNewHampshire20@aol.com

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LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):



Link #1



http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/

record.cfm?id=336270



Link #2



http://contrariancommentary.wordpress.com/2013/

04/20/andy-martin-calls-friday-the-day-the-

obama-administration-died/



Link #3



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgjQhnDEGSk



ABOUT ANDY:



Andy is a legendary New Hampshire, New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He has forty-five years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on New Hampshire, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the USA and around the world. For more, go to: www.AndyMartin.com



Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for over forty-five years and he is executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org



He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).



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Saturday, December 22, 2012

New Hampshire news conference today: Andy Martin may lead New Hampshire GOP

Andy Martin, America’s leading independent conservative writer and Internet Powerhouse, will hold a New Hampshire news conference today, December 22nd to announce he is considering becoming a candidate to lead the New Hampshire Republican Party at the party’s statewide meeting on January 26th. “The Republican Party in New Hampshire is broken,” Andy says. “The legitimate question is who can put the pieces together and start the rebuilding process. Even before January 26th the party has divided into two ‘camps’ or factions. I don’t see how the ‘establishment’ has any claim to leadership when it has lost 8 of 9 gubernatorial elections. The establishment candidate, Jennifer Horn, is totally unqualified and a complete flake. Horn is the Democrats’ dream. Likewise, I am a conservative, but I recognize extremists have become a chain around the Republican Party locally and nationally. The GOP has to serve the people, instead of expecting the people to serve us. We are servants, not masters. I begin my period of discernment with that perspective.”

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ATTENTION NATIONAL AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:



Maverick Republican Andy Martin may run for Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party



Conservative blogger and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin

says the GOP is broken locally in New Hampshire as well as nationally, and needs to “reboot” with leaders who are committed to pubic service, not political infighting



Andy is beginning a period of “discernment” and asking New Hampshire Republicans to consider and evaluate his proposals for party reform



Andy says the state GOP has already “divided” before the January 26th statewide meeting; Andy believes his experience and skills as a mediator can bring the warring camps together



Andy says Jennifer Horn is the Democratic party’s “dream candidate” for GOP leader



(MANCHESTER, NH) (December 22, 2012) New Hampshire Republican activist and Conservative blogger Andy Martin will hold a Manchester, New Hampshire news conference today, December 22nd to announce he has advised party staffers he may run to become the Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.



“Superficially I maybe an improbable candidate,” Andy says. “But I am a lot more ‘probable’ than Jennifer Horn, who is the Democratic Party’s dream for Republican Party chairman. Horn is shrill, divisive and extreme on the issues. I don’t know Andrew Hemingway and I hope to learn more about him during the process. But Hemingway’s supporters have already moved to their ‘own side of the room,’ and are preparing to fight Horn. So the party is totally divided already.



“In the past, I have done well mediating disputes where opposing parties/factions would not speak to each other. I can certainly be oppositional but that is not the role I would play as state chairman.



“We need a healer and a uniter. We need someone committed to reforming the Republican Party.



“I have some ideas, and in the next few days I am going to put pen to paper and publish my ideas for Republicans across the state to consider. They can like or dislike what I have to say. But no one can challenge my experience. I went to work on Capitol Hill 47 years ago. Over the decades I have seen the ebb and flow of both parties.



“During 2011 I was Jack Kimball’s first opponent after Jack became chairman; eventually Kimball was dumped. Horn was Kimball’s acolyte. Then she turned around and stabbed Jack in the back. If Jack wants to bury the hatchet with me, I’m all ears and I will sit down just as soon as Jack is ready to break bread. I believe we can incorporate Tea Party views and values in the GOP. Jack’s supporters can play an important role in rebuilding the party.



“But I am unalterably opposed to Jennifer Horn. Horn represents the ‘death wish’ of the New Hampshire Republican leadership. This New Hampshire GOP ‘leadership’ has given the keys to the Governor’s office to the Democrats in 8 of the last 9 elections. These people are not ‘leaders;’ they are losers. Given their track record they have no right to look down on me or question my own qualifications.



“So, in a nutshell, what’s wrong with the New Hampshire GOP? Republicans have come to expect the people to follow our diktats, instead of us leading and building public opinion. The national platform has become increasingly extreme due to the work of Jennifer Horn and other extremists. While Horn’s handiwork has become more extreme, the State of New Hampshire has become more moderate. There is no way Jennifer Horn can lead Republicans to victory when she is out of step with current New Hampshire views and values.



“I know the right is always bellyaching ‘if only we had a more conservative candidate’ but in 2012 even Republican primary voters knew becoming more extreme was a suicide strategy.



“What we need is a unity strategy. Horn’s candidacy has polarized part of the party, and her sudden makeover as an ‘establishment’ candidate is doomed to failure.



“State Democratic Chairman Ray Buckley was being very generous to tell the Union Leader’s John DiStaso that New Hampshire is a purple’ state (link below). New Hampshire is blue, blue, blue. In 2012 the Democrats outspent the Republicans by almost 10-1. How can Republicans be serious contenders in New Hampshire when they are outspent 10-1?



“Ironically, in seeking to emulate George W. Bush’s guru Karl Rove, Democrats in New Hampshire and in the Obama campaign have ‘exceeded the master.’ Democratic Party technology today is far more powerful than that of the Republicans, which is why Mitt Romney lost.



“Mike Biundo recently had an excellent column in the Union Leader in which he compared the Republicans’ ‘ground game’ with the Democrats’ ‘ground game.’ There is no ‘comparison.’ Basically, the Republicans don’t have any game.



“Obama’s lasting legacy may be that he has left behind a technology platform and technology outreach that gives New Hampshire Democrats a massive head start for 2014.



“Obama has transformed state and national politics by imposing the Chicago style of perpetual campaigning on the national stage. Obama never stopped campaigning after 2008, and he is not going to stop campaigning until he is dragged out of the oval office in 2017. Republicans are deluding themselves if they think they have seen the last of the Obama campaign.



“Obama’s operatives had a lesbian rabbi in Concord try to smear me last year because Obama’s people were afraid I would gain traction in helping Republicans learn how to confront and campaign against Obama’s Chicago-style ‘machine.’ Kimball fell for the ruse, but I long ago forgave Jack. But unless New Hampshire Republicans learn to understand Chicago-style politics we can’t fight what the Democratic Party has become in New Hampshire and nationally: an all-encompassing, European socialist perpetual motion machine.



“My Greek-American ancestors came to Manchester 100 years ago. They realized the America Dream. The American Dream can still work and will work for those who are prepared to work and work hard. I grew up playing on Elm Street, around the corner from where I now live. Should I be selected as Chairman I will constantly endeavor to do honor to my ancestors’ legacy of love for this great nation and this great state.



“I am going to give the question of seeking the Chairmanship serious thought and discernment. My decision will come next week.



“In the meantime, people are welcome to write or call me. I try to personally answer the phone during the day. I would be accessible as chairman.



“If I do decide to become a candidate for party chairman I will be a candidate with new ideas. I will challenge Horn and Hemingway to a series of statewide debates before January 26th so we can see if they have new ideas, or whether they are peddling the same old strategies that have made the New Hampshire GOP a laughingstock in New Hampshire.”



December 22nd Manchester, NH news conference details:



Who:



New Hampshire Republican Party activist Andy Martin



What:



Andy Martin says he may run for Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party



Where:



Manchester, NH; One City Hall Plaza (entrance to City Hall), Manchester, NH 03101



When:



Saturday, December 22nd, 2012; 12:00 noon

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ABOUT ANDY:



Andy is a legendary New Hampshire, New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Andy’s family immigrated to New Hampshire 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River. He has forty-four years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on New Hampshire, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the USA and around the world.



Andy has been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for over forty-five years. [www.AndyMartin.com] He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org



He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).



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